Trump calls for "good shutdown" in September

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday seemingly called for an end to the legislative filibuster in the Senate and suggested that a government shutdown in September might be “good” in order to accomplish his policy goals without interference from Democrats.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill managed to avoid the imminent threat of a government shutdown late last week and over the weekend, first passing a stop-gap one-week funding bill and then agreeing on a deal to fund the government through the end of September.

But while Republicans avoided a potentially embarrassing government shutdown just 100 days into Trump’s administration, the president’s agenda took a beating in the deal, with no money for his long-promised border wall and no crackdown on federal grant money for so-called “sanctuary cities.” Tuesday morning, Trump defended the compromise and laid out his suggestions to circumvent any need for future deal-making.

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/02/trump-tweet-government-shutdown-237870

 

elimination of the filibuster with regards to legislation... Way to go

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

What he is really thinking is" If this place shuts down they won't need me to work and I can squeeze in a week of golf "